चिच्छक्ति
Sanskrit
editAlternative scripts
editAlternative scripts
- চিচ্ছক্তি (Assamese script)
- ᬘᬶᬘ᭄ᬙᬓ᭄ᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
- চিচ্ছক্তি (Bengali script)
- 𑰓𑰰𑰓𑰿𑰔𑰎𑰿𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀘𑀺𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀓𑁆𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- စိစ္ဆက္တိ (Burmese script)
- ચિચ્છક્તિ (Gujarati script)
- ਚਿਚ੍ਛਕ੍ਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌚𑌿𑌚𑍍𑌛𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
- ꦕꦶꦕ꧀ꦖꦏ꧀ꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
- 𑂒𑂱𑂒𑂹𑂓𑂍𑂹𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
- ಚಿಚ್ಛಕ್ತಿ (Kannada script)
- ចិច្ឆក្តិ (Khmer script)
- ຈິຈ຺ຉກ຺ຕິ (Lao script)
- ചിച്ഛക്തി (Malayalam script)
- ᢜᡳᢜᡮᠠᡬᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘓𑘱𑘓𑘿𑘔𑘎𑘿𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
- ᢋᠢᢋᠼᠠᢉᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦳𑧒𑦳𑧠𑦴𑦮𑧠𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐔𑐶𑐔𑑂𑐕𑐎𑑂𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
- ଚିଚ୍ଛକ୍ତି (Odia script)
- ꢗꢶꢗ꣄ꢘꢒ꣄ꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆖𑆴𑆖𑇀𑆗𑆑𑇀𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
- 𑖓𑖰𑖓𑖿𑖔𑖎𑖿𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
- චිච්ඡක්ති (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩡𑩑𑩡 𑪙𑩢𑩜 𑪙𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚏𑚮𑚏𑚶𑚐𑚊𑚶𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
- சிச்ச²க்தி (Tamil script)
- చిచ్ఛక్తి (Telugu script)
- จิจฺฉกฺติ (Thai script)
- ཙི་ཙྪ་ཀྟི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒔𑒱𑒔𑓂𑒕𑒏𑓂𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨣𑨁𑨣𑩇𑨤𑨋𑩇𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
editTatpuruṣa compound of चित् (cít, “mind”) + शक्ति (śakti, “power, capacity”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /t͡ɕit̪ˈt͡ɕʰɐk.t̪i/, [t͡ɕit̪̚ˈt͡ɕʰɐk̚.t̪i]
Noun
editचिच्छक्ति • (cicchakti) stem, f (Classical Sanskrit)
- thinking capacity of the mind
- c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa 1.7.23:
- त्वमाद्यः पुरुषः साक्षादीश्वरः प्रकृतेः परः ।
मायां व्युदस्य चिच्छक्त्या कैवल्ये स्थित आत्मनि ॥- tvamādyaḥ puruṣaḥ sākṣādīśvaraḥ prakṛteḥ paraḥ.
māyāṃ vyudasya cicchaktyā kaivalye sthita ātmani. - You are the original man who expands himself all over the creations and is transcendental to material energy. You have cast away the effects of the illusion by mental capacity. You are always situated in eternal bliss and transcendental knowledge.
- tvamādyaḥ puruṣaḥ sākṣādīśvaraḥ prakṛteḥ paraḥ.
- त्वमाद्यः पुरुषः साक्षादीश्वरः प्रकृतेः परः ।
Declension
edit| Feminine i-stem declension of चिच्छक्ति (cicchakti) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | चिच्छक्तिः cicchaktiḥ |
चिच्छक्ती cicchaktī |
चिच्छक्तयः cicchaktayaḥ |
| Vocative | चिच्छक्ते cicchakte |
चिच्छक्ती cicchaktī |
चिच्छक्तयः cicchaktayaḥ |
| Accusative | चिच्छक्तिम् cicchaktim |
चिच्छक्ती cicchaktī |
चिच्छक्तीः cicchaktīḥ |
| Instrumental | चिच्छक्त्या cicchaktyā |
चिच्छक्तिभ्याम् cicchaktibhyām |
चिच्छक्तिभिः cicchaktibhiḥ |
| Dative | चिच्छक्तये / चिच्छक्त्यै¹ cicchaktaye / cicchaktyai¹ |
चिच्छक्तिभ्याम् cicchaktibhyām |
चिच्छक्तिभ्यः cicchaktibhyaḥ |
| Ablative | चिच्छक्तेः / चिच्छक्त्याः¹ cicchakteḥ / cicchaktyāḥ¹ |
चिच्छक्तिभ्याम् cicchaktibhyām |
चिच्छक्तिभ्यः cicchaktibhyaḥ |
| Genitive | चिच्छक्तेः / चिच्छक्त्याः¹ cicchakteḥ / cicchaktyāḥ¹ |
चिच्छक्त्योः cicchaktyoḥ |
चिच्छक्तीनाम् cicchaktīnām |
| Locative | चिच्छक्तौ / चिच्छक्त्याम्¹ cicchaktau / cicchaktyām¹ |
चिच्छक्त्योः cicchaktyoḥ |
चिच्छक्तिषु cicchaktiṣu |
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Further reading
edit- Monier Williams (1899) “चिच्छक्ति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 395.
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “cicchakti”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “चित्-शक्तिः”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 707
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “चिच्छक्ति”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 94